Andrey Yusov, a member of the Coordinating Headquarters for the treatment of prisoners of war, confirmed the information that the Russians were mining the power units of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
" Conducted and published international investigations, which clearly show how the Russians bring weapons, equipment and explosives to the territory of power units. It's nuclear blackmail and a huge danger. Today, the whole world, like Ukraine, must sound the alarm in order to stop the possible repetition of various scenarios,"
He also confirmed that the Russian occupation troops are preparing to retreat from Kherson, therefore they are mining critical infrastructure.
The nuclear plant in Energodar has been under Russian control since it was captured by the occupying forces.
“After midnight, the Russian army fired on the Nikopol area with Grad rockets (Soviet-made), and the Krivoy Rog area with cannon artillery,” Valentin Reznichenko wrote on Telegram.
Another Russian missile strike overnight damaged unidentified infrastructure in the regional center of Zaporozhye.
On Thursday, Russia fired 60 rockets at Nikopol, damaging 50 residential buildings in the city of 107,000 and leaving residents without power..
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Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned this week that the situation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant is? becomes more and more dangerous.
“All the principles of nuclear safety were violated at the plant,” he said..
He expressed concern about how the plant is being operated and the danger posed by the fighting around it.. Experts from the American Institute for the Study of War said that Russia is deliberately bombarding the area, "
The Ukrainian company operating the nuclear power plant said on Saturday that Russian forces are using the plant's basement to hide from Ukrainian shelling and are not letting their Ukrainian employees in..
“Ukrainian personnel do not yet have access to these premises, therefore, in the event of new shelling, people do not have shelter and are in danger,” said the Ukrainian state enterprise Energoatom in its Telegram channel..
Energoatom said on Friday that Russian missiles had damaged plant facilities, including a nitrogen-oxygen plant and a high-voltage power line.. As a result of shelling, the 4th power unit of the Zaporizhzhya NPP was disconnected from the power system and transferred to the reserve.